13Apr

In the Garden…

April 13, 2017 Randy Coleman-Riese

On Holy Thursday in the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, we commemorate the last Passover meal the disciples shared with Jesus,...

29Mar

No Father…No Family…No Faith

March 29, 2017 Gil Bailie

Some years ago, a friend of mine and I collaborated as part of a Lenten series of presentations at a...

02Mar

March 2, 2017 Randy Coleman-Riese

The website The Catholic Thing has published a Lenten reflection by Gil Bailie entitled, The Multiplication Table. It is a...

19Feb

February 19, 2017 Gil Bailie

Mother of Sorrows – Vonn Hartung A decade ago Elizabeth Bailie, Gil Bailie’s wife, was called from this life to...

14Feb

February 14, 2017 Randy Coleman-Riese

Thomas Merton’s poem Grace’s House was frequently mentioned in Gil Bailie’s talks from the 1980’s and 90’s. I offer an...

09Feb

February 9, 2017 Gil Bailie

As I have often said from the podium, it helps to clear away the “spirit of the age” clutter to...

28Jan

January 28, 2017 Randy Coleman-Riese

Virgil tells Dante what it was that caused the Assyrian Queen, Semiramis, to be tormented in the region of the...

27Jan

January 27, 2017 Randy Coleman-Riese

January is the month in which we remember the 1973 United State Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. This...

18Jan

January 18, 2017 Gil Bailie

In an article published January 6th 2007 in The Washington Post there appeared a story about the latest wrinkle in...

16Jan

January 16, 2017 Gil Bailie

For a while now I have thought about posting something about one of the most theologically influential verses in the...